Ford Mustang wins among sports cars and coupés

A messy year for sports cars and coupés resulted in honours even among the top 20 models: half of them increased sales while the other half lost sales.

The Ford Mustang remained the best-selling coupé, despite a 17% plunge, including a weak performance in China; while a strong showing from the rejuvenated BMW 4 Series had it close the gap on America’s icon.

It looks like the 4 Series stole some sales from the older 2 Series, however, as that suffered a 50% drop.

The new mid-engined Corvette enjoyed strong sales and eclipsed the 911, while its Chevrolet stablemate, the Camaro, fell further than its Mustang rival.

It was a strong year for affordable Japanese twoseaters, with the Mazda MX-5 growing by 31% and the Subaru BRZ (in its change-over year) up by 45%.

JATO ANALYSIS

“The Porsche 911 experienced strong growth in traditional strongholds like the US, Germany and the UK, while Canada developed a new love for Porsche’s evergreen model, with a 42% growth in sales. Given that Japanese sales fell 18%, Canada ended the year just 144 units behind one of Porsche’s historically strong markets.”